7/07/2008

Pastoral handshake

Like many other pastors -- I greet worship attenders at the end of the worship service with a handshake. (I also often greet folks with high fives or knuckle bumps.)

Yesterday I experienced a "laugh out loud" moment during the handshaking.

A 10 year old boy was near -- holding his right had up in what looked to be readiness for a handshake. When I reached to shake his hand, he shook his head, "no."I asked, "No handshake today?"He replied, (while holding his hand palm up.) "I just sneezed."